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WHO Hails Malawi for Launching Landmark Malaria Vaccine - Statement

Malawi saw almost five million confirmed cases in 2017 and it has been chosen, along with Kenya and Ghana, to be used in the large-scale pilot of the RTS, S v...

Free Planet Fitness membership for teens this summer; some will win $5K

The gym says that once teens are signed up, they can get their sweat on at the location where they originally registered. After the parent/guardian signs a waiv...

Popular e-cigarettes products found contaminated with Microbial Toxins

An estimate of more than 3 million high school students used e-cigarettes in 2018, up from 220,000 in 2011. Glucan , a sugary molecule found in most fungi,...

Of-Its-Kind Device Approved for Treating Childhood ADHD

About the size of a cellphone, the device delivers a mild electrical pulse to a wired patch placed on the patient's forehead while sleeping. Children in the t...

Coli Outbreak Forces Recall of 56 Tons of Ground Beef

Unlike the E. coli 0157:H7 in many outbreaks, this version of E. coli hasn't brought as much hospitalization, only 20 people out of 156, or any hemolytic uremic...

Depending on age, you may need booster for protection from measles — CDC

According to the CDC , large measles outbreaks are occurring not only in Israel, but also in Ukraine and the Philippines - and all three were sources of the ...

More Cases of Measles Reported in NY

Of the 71 new cases, 68 were in New York, with 53 from New York City and 15 in Rockland County, the agency said. The number is just shy of the record 667 case...

Measles cases 'likely' to break yearly record in just 4 months

People who are infected can infect others around them before they know they are infected and up to four days before a rash begins to develop. The current outbre...

Measles case reported to DOH, visitors and Floridians asked to get vaccinated

While the MMR vaccine is the safest and most effective method of preventing measles, it is only 97 percent effective, so population-wide immunity is a key compo...

Ebola worker shot dead at hospital in eastern DR Congo

World Health Organization said it is still gathering information on the nature of the attack, the latest in a series of violent incidents in the part of DRC tha...

Listeria outbreak linked to deli-sliced meats and cheeses

The patients all reported eating different types of meats and cheeses from deli counters at different stores, which is why health officials haven't named any st...

A rasher a day 'increases risk of bowel cancer'

However, the new research suggests that even a modest intake of such foods had a significant impact. Professor Tim Key, the co-author of the study at Oxford U...

Researchers 3D-print heart from human patient's cells

In spite of the fact that the heart is a lot smaller than the human's (it's the rabbit's heart size), there's as yet far to go until it starts functioning like ...

Officials investigating lab-confirmed measles case in York Region

Symptoms of measles include fever, runny nose, body aches, watery eyes and white spots in the mouth, typically accompanied by a red, spotty rash that begins on ...

Scientists spur some activity in brains of slaughtered pigs

The scientists also detected electrical activity in some brain cells including those in the hippocampus, a part of the brain central to memory. By medical sta...

Global measles cases up 300 per cent year-on-year

Venezuela, where the disease was once contained, has also seen tens of thousands of cases as the country's economic and political crises continue to push the he...

Measles cases are skyrocketing globally: World Health Organization details growing crisis

Symptoms usually begin seven to 14 days after exposure. Those children are aged 1-6 years old and the Health Ministry will reach out to their families, accordin...

FDA halts sales of vaginal mesh, unconvinced it’s safe or effective

This meant manufacturers were required to submit new premarket approval applications-including evidence that the use of mesh products worked better than fix p...

Barr says 'I think spying did occur' on Trump campaign

Media captionBarr told lawmakers on Tuesday that Mueller declined an offered to review his letter What did Trump say? Supporters of the probe insist that USA ...

USA measles cases surge again as outbreak nears record

U.S. federal health officials said on Monday the number of confirmed cases of measles in the United States this year jumped by almost 20% in the week ended 11 A...

Israeli researchers print first 3D heart using patient’s own cells

The team then made the extracellular matrix - made up of collagen and glycoproteins - into a hydrogel used as the printing "ink". The Tel Aviv team extrac...

Top House Democrat steps up demand for Trump's tax returns

Democrats argue that IRS code 6103 allows Neal to ask for anyone's personal tax information for committee use, and that such requests are made routinely and han...

NYC's New Policy on Measles Vaccine Prompts Renewed Focus in NJ

At the time, my medical colleagues and I hailed the end of this unsafe virus that infected more than 4 million people per year, hospitalized 50,000, and killed ...

Barr returns to Capitol Hill, where he'll face more Mueller questions

The host of the Fox News program, Maria Bartiromo, told Nunes that he "ought to be taking a victory lap here" after Barr's memo said there was no evidence of ...

NYC Mandates Measles Vaccinations; Merck (NYSE:MRK) Is The Exclusive Manufacturer

David R. Curry, executive director of the Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy, told China Daily: "Once your child is exposed and has measles , there is no bet...

Food better than supplements for longevity

Fang Fang Zhang , an associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University . In 2015, only 12.2 percent of Americans...

Barr says 'I think spying did occur' against Trump campaign

The Democrats are demanding that they see the full report and all its underlying evidence, though Trump and his Republican allies are pushing back. The atto...

New York City declares public health emergency, orders mandatory measles vaccinations

The city said it would help everyone covered by the order get the vaccine if they can't get it quickly through their regular medical provider. "This is the ep...

Sanders says he's a millionaire, vows Tax Day release of his returns

Pressure has mounted on Sanders again, now that congressional Democrats have pushed for the release of six years of returns by Trump. Sanders released his 2014 ...

41 confirmed cases of Measles in MI

In Brooklyn's Williamsburg community alone, 41 new cases were reported in the past week, according to the city's health department . Measles is a highly-cont...

Measles outbreak prompts NYC emergency — Travellers Beware

At least, that seems to be the lesson learned by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio . That's up sharply from only two reported cases in all of 2017. Comm...

Measles Count Reaches Almost 300, Williamsburg Mandated To Vaccinate

Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot signed an order Tuesday that requires around 250,000 people who live and work in Williamsburg and aren't already immune to ...

New York City orders mandatory measles vaccines for some

At least 285 people have contracted the disease in the city since September, mostly in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighbourhood. The April 9 order states tha...

NY mandates vaccine to contain Brooklyn measles outbreak

While de Blasio did not comment on the situation in Rockland, he said he is confident that New York City's emergency order is an appropriate use of power. "...

CDC sounds alarm on resistant superbug fungus after NYC outbreak

Almost half of the patients who are infected with the C. auris die in 90 days. [Image: courtesy of CDC] Globally, more than two dozen countries have reporte...